On 7/26/2015 at 3:47 PM, Senko lover said:

I love fishing buzzbaits in the rain, one of my favorite ways to fish. 

This was just after the rain. There wasn't much going on during that downpour. I love fishing in rain, but when it gets that heavy it seems like they shut down until it stops. I had a 10 minute window directly after the rain that it was on fire. 

 

On 7/26/2015 at 7:16 PM, no39 said:

That makes sense.  I seen a group of them in a corner of the harbor but that was in 3 feet of water.  Do they also spawn in deep water too?

 

Thanks.  Usually when I hook smallmouth they always make a run for the surface.  This guy wanted to stay planted on the bottom, but I was hoping that maybe 8lb smallies fight differently.

I'm not 100% sure since most of our lakes aren't 40' deep anywhere in them, but I've caught them in what is considered deeper water here with full spawning colors on.

 

Caught this one on a rage craw. Unfortunately he swallowed hook completely so had to cut the line. Hate when that happens but just a part of fishing...

Caught this one on a rage craw. Unfortunately he swallowed hook completely so had to cut the line. Hate when that happens but just a part of fishing...

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/12981-how-do-i-remove-a-hook-a-bass-has-swallowed/page-2

 

Get a thin pair of forceps or needlenose pliers and leaving hooks in a fish will be a thing of the past if you follow the diagram in the above post. It's often better for them to die the relatively fast death from blood loss than to slowly starve if the hook has their throat pinned shut anyways. 

Spent the day catching bass on jigs!

9 keepers landed and a couple that came off.

I wish I had some big bass to show off like everybody else. But I don't, so I'll show off the best of my recent little bass instead.

 

At a new lake one morning around 8:30, two old guys sitting on a porch see me paddle up to some pads and start taking about me, kind of loudly: "Look at that! He's fishing out of a kayak! it's got rod holders and everything! If he gets a big one it will drag him all over the lake, haha!"

 

Kayak Fishing: Still kind of exotic, it seems!

 

First cast to the pads, right in front of them, with a weightless t-rigged senko...2lbs even. I should have gotten the old guys in the picture.

 

 

And I believe these may be my first two buzzbait fish ever, on a Cavitron yesterday morning:

Under 2lb but both keepers. A third one that seemed bigger came unbuttoned kayakside, unfortunately. And there were a few more strikes I couldn't hook up with. I have had buzzbaits for years and used them off and on, but i don't remember ever getting one to produce before yesterday morning.

Chunky little 3 lber.

On 7/28/2015 at 10:08 AM, MIbassyaker said:

I wish I had some big bass to show off like everybody else. But I don't, so I'll show off the best of my recent little bass instead.

 

At a new lake one morning around 8:30, two old guys sitting on a porch see me paddle up to some pads and start taking about me, kind of loudly: "Look at that! He's fishing out of a kayak! it's got rod holders and everything! If he gets a big one it will drag him all over the lake, haha!"

 

Kayak Fishing: Still kind of exotic, it seems!

 

First cast to the pads, right in front of them, with a weightless t-rigged senko...2lbs even. I should have gotten the old guys in the picture.

 

 

And I believe these may be my first two buzzbait fish ever, on a Cavitron yesterday morning:

 

Under 2lb but both keepers. A third one that seemed bigger came unbuttoned kayakside, unfortunately. And there were a few more strikes I couldn't hook up with. I have had buzzbaits for years and used them off and on, but i don't remember ever getting one to produce before yesterday morning.

 

Haha it's funny, I usually either catch a lot of small fish for a while and no bigguns, or catch one big one and then I can't get a bite for the rest of the week. It's worth it to me for a big bass, but it seems like I can't catch one right now after I caught a nice one last week. 

 

And get ready to get hooked on buzzbaits! Love those suckers. 

Haha it's funny, I usually either catch a lot of small fish for a while and no bigguns, or catch one big one and then I can't get a bite for the rest of the week. It's worth it to me for a big bass, but it seems like I can't catch one right now after I caught a nice one last week. 

 

And get ready to get hooked on buzzbaits! Love those suckers. 

 

Hey, anything over keeper size up here is a quality fish, as far as I'm concerned! And I don't actually mind a day of dinks, either. But numbers and sizes have both been lower than usual for me this summer.

Got these 2 last weekend.

 

5 lbs 4 oz

 

 

5 lbs 9 oz

 

Couple three pounders from my latest outing. River rose about 3' over night but since it's a tailwater, the reservoir kept the muddy water from making its way into the river. Made for a killer spinnerbait bite, tons of fun! 

Did a little night fishing Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Minus the nearly 3 dozen channel cats I caught on my bladed jigs and spinnerbaits, I caught 6 bass. 5 of them were less than a pound, one of them was my biggest of the year so far I hate night fishing during a full moon, but the plus side to the normally slow fishing is that I usually get a shot at a big one during a full moon. Slammed a black and blue War Eagle right as it was coming over a log and gave me all she had at 2:30 in the morning, 5lb 9oz.

 

Right when I caught her.

 

Our morning photo shoot at the ramp before telling her goodbye.

Caught these last night between midnight and 2 o'clock had a third one come off .Used a Rapala crankin Rap # 5 in red crawfish pattern. Caught them on shallow points .

 

Once the big mouths get to this size, they grab my attention. Nice round 16 incher from tonight.

 

Got some decent fish from a local city lake just walking the bank (as my wife drove beside me in the car giving me the stink eye... She was pouting because one broke her off in the water willows, so obviously that meant "we" were done.  ) Snapped a picture of two of them. Pretty average for this lake. They were destroying a frog in the pockets of water in the water willows. Poor guys were cross eyed after the 7' Heavy rod and 65# braid slammed them home...

 

 

C&R proven once again. This is the fish from my profile photo that I caught 2 years ago, I'm shocked she is still alive, this is a REALLY old bass, her head is massive and she's very skinny, I'm thinking this fish might get one more spawn in but that's it. My brothers and I have caught her a few times over the years, (one of her pec fins has always been chopped in half so she's very recognizable) this fish normally doesn't look that rough, especially the one time we caught her pre-spawn.

Drop shotting a 4.5" yum sharpshooter. 6lb fluorocarbon leader. 24" only 5.35lbs. Hasn't grown an inch from the time I got her 2 years ago.

dropped in by the pond last night about 20 minutes before dark just to wet a line on the way back from cabela's....

3rd cast with the zara puppy on the *** spinning rod, new sedona 1000 reel and 6lb yozuri

 

Nice work man. Beautiful landscape too. Thanks for sharing.

Not sure what that mark on the fish is? maybe a bird got it or something. Didn't seem to affect the fight in the fish. It took us straight into all kinds of heavy weeds. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw surface activity and cast right into it and this fish hit the super fluke like a run away freight train 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caught this at my fav pond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a donkey 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got some really nice ones recently:

 

19"er after dark

 

 

4.25 lbs

 

another 4.25 lber

 

19.5 inches

Empty boat launch just how I like it.

And caught a couple good ones.

On 8/8/2015 at 10:51 AM, guitarglynn1 said:

 

Not sure what that mark on the fish is? maybe a bird got it or something. Didn't seem to affect the fight in the fish. It took us straight into all kinds of heavy weeds. 

 

 

I saw surface activity and cast right into it and this fish hit the super fluke like a run away freight train 

 

 

Caught this at my fav pond

 

 

This was a donkey 

 

 

 

I'd say heron for that wound. I see a lot of herons in my ponds hunting fish. 

Those r some nice looking fish. Did u catch them all from the bank? BH

Lemme join the party then.. here the biggest from this morns good expedition.. 5 pounder 20"

big girl tried to jump and nearly cleared the water.. made me chuckle

 

Caught and released this Florida Trophy Catch Program fish today!